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Nightmares, Karma, and the Next Life

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Mike: I keep having horrible nightmares. I’ve heard that sometimes God communicates through dreams, but are all dreams from God? Is it simply karma that must be worked out? I also fear that in another life I will get very lost from being born in the mode of darkness and not remember everything I have learned.

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The Purpose of Guilt – Part 2: How to Atone for Past Mistakes

Joseph (Puru) Selbie

Question from Sneha: Dear Puru Selbie, Thank you for your answer on guilt.You have said after we have taken steps to undo the wrong or atone or apologise, we should move on and ensure we don’t repeat the mistake. Three years back,I had spoken very rudely to our maid servant who is 10 years older than me, and asked her to leave the…

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Why is God Not Protecting Me from My Bad Karma?

Nayaswami Parvati

Question from Ram Tej: I am a devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba. I am a bit fickle minded and leave everything at half done. I lost my job dependent upon my wife earnings and take care of kids @home while she works. Question is: Why God is not protecting me by melting my Bad Karma. I have a relationship with a married lady in…

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Karma and the Mentally Disturbed

Nayaswami Seva

Question from Magnus Reuterswärd: Jai Guru, Are the karmic consequenses in any way affected if the doer of some evil is in fact mentally ill or mentally disturbed?

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Untangling the Knots of Co-Dependency

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Rush: Regarding co-dependence in relationships: I grew up as an only child in a slightly volatile household, and often felt that I was responsible for my parents happiness. I thought that as long I was a ‘good child,’ they would stop fighting and love me. As an adult, I find it hard to assert myself, because I feel my feelings are…

Fear of Bad Karma

Question from Kathy: Hello, I would be grateful for your guidance. My mom taught me to hate almost everyone since my early childhood. I grew up hearing stories of how badly my father had mistreated her. So, I grew up hating my father, and thus had mistreated him. Not until after my mother’s death that my brother told me those were all fabricated…

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How to Find Opportunity in Obstacles!

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from Kay: Yogananda said: “There are no obstacles, only opportunities.” Albert Einstein also said “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” What exactly do these quotes mean? All I see are obstacles ahead of everything I’d like to do. There seems to be no smooth sailing. With obstacles set in front of us, do they mean that we will learn more through…

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Spiritual Effort and Outward Success

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Tym: “Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now.” — Autobiography of a Yogi How can I reconcile this statement with the fact that I have gone bankrupt and am now living in a 10 x 12 shed on the property of a relative after practicing Kriya for nearly 7 years? I have no money and…

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Can We Clear Our Karma?

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Hari Prasad Sahu: What are the symptoms, when one undergoes the process of karmic clearing? How long does the process continue? Does it happen phases? If so, how many times ? How could we know that the karma ended ?

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Do Good People Die Early?

Nayaswami Parvati

Question from Rajesh: Guruji, thanks for answering my question on living with Karmic Scars. Guruji, I have another question, I have been observing from my childhood and with many cases, I have a firm beleif that people who are good die early. Is it so? I knew many people who were very good human and died earlier than normal age. Can you pour…